7 Things Sunday... Checking off... 3.8.2025
Hey good people! Happy Sunday!
I really can't complain about this week. It has been smooth and I'm praying that this week follows suite. Soon the sun is going to be gracing us with its presence, which means I can start back riding my bike and walking around the neighborhood.
GUYS!
- Did I tell ya'll I started watching this youtube channel called stroll in the city? It has UPLIFTED my walks on the walking pad at home. However, I watched South Bronx from Sept 2024, and I was instantly sad. The Bronx is probably one of the burroughs I know least about. I somehow skipped that Burrough and BOY, I'm glad JLO got out.
I know that drugs are everywhere but just in the 25 mins walk you saw so much of it. It seems to do the same thing to everyone and so after a short while you understand that they arent looking on the floor for something they are in a induced drug stupor. The walk was 46 mins but I had to stop and just give God a thank you. Louisiana gets a bad rap for a lot of things but never have I ever seen what I saw on Youtube anywhere in Louisiana.
2. We are BACK in the chicken business here at Nelson Farms! If you don't know last year I bought about 30 chicks and we had a laying flock of 15 and about 3 months ago we had a raccoon pillage our flock, which left us with 1 hen, Lemmon.
So far we have bought 6 Guineas which we have 2 left, and 6 Turkins and we have 5 left. I'll prob buy 2 more groups and see where that gets us this year.
3. Read Across America was this week. I got the opportunity to read at Roy Neal Shelling. They had a packed house of different community members reading and mingling with the kids. It was great to see. The kids were so sweet. I was happy to get to be apart of the event. 
4. THIS YEAR I AM GOING TO HAVE A BOUNTIFUL GARDEN. My Peach and Plum trees are already blooming. My peas are sprouting and I'm going to have hella Cucumbers, squash, and Strawberries. AMEN
5. My Pilates and Protein is in FULL swing. I found some yogurt that is a great snack with killer protein and hardly any sugar. I got these 20 lbs I keep loosing and gaining and I want to get to my first goal this year at least!
I've been taking about 2-3 classes a week at Stretch and Vibe. I LOVE IT.
6. One of my goals this year is to start a pep squad at my daughters elementary school. The progress has been slow but this week it picked up! I'm HYPE. I sent some emails Friday night to some local cheer sponsors asking for their thoughts and possible help so this week we are going up hill from here.
My other project this year is starting a stories podcast to extend my book franchise. I teased the graphic last week. I was invited to an event in June with a friend and her business. It would be GREAT timing to market it. We are going live Mid/ end of May so this would be prefect!
7. The red roof house is coming along. I got the insulation from Home Depot so it can be blown in the attic. However I did not know that they didn't close my tailgate. I was already nervous due to the amount of stuff I had in the back, but when I got out and saw what I was really carrying I said WOW, they didn't care if I made it or not.
I have 2 rooms left that needs primer on the walls. I've had some issues with getting some stuff off the wall. I went to buy yet another paint sprayer and was sent on a wild goose chase so I'm going to go today and buy another.
Once the paint is complete all thats left is doing some open shelving in the kitchen, lower cabinets, baseboards, plumbing and flooring. I think we will get a lot done in March and April and May we will be done. AMEN. Then on to the next.
Well, that's all I got. Indoor soccer is done(thank you GOD), outdoor soccer has started and weeball and softball is soon to start. My big girl did so good in her softball evals. To say she hasn't picked up a ball since October, I can see her skill is just embedded in her.
Oh Oh Oh
My big girl has read 1 MILLION WORDS for AR. 1 MILLION! She ended the 9 weeks with 1,166,044 words read for the year. AMAZING. We are so proud.
Okay that's all I got.
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-A
